This special exhibition honours Ayala Zacks\, one of the AGO
's great patrons\, who died last August. Together with her husband Sam\, sh
e gave over 300 works of European and Canadian modern art to the Gallery. T
he 1971 Zacks Gift transformed the AGO's holdings in modern art\, and this
tribute to Ayala introduces a new generation of museum goers to key works f
rom that gift — including paintings by Picasso\, Modigliani\, de Chirico an
d Chagall\, and sculpture by Moore\, Hepworth\, Chadwick\, Matisse and Dega
s.

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The exhibition also celebrates the leadership role that Sam and
Ayala Zacks played both at the AGO and within Toronto's artistic community.

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A Tribute to Ayala Zacks juxtaposes Ayala's artistic tast
e with her extraordinary life\, her wartime heroics\, her role in the found
ing and building of Israel and her powerful personality. Included in the ex
hibition is a video of reminiscences by friends about her extraordinary lif
e and her collecting.